Hugh Jackman’s ‘The Music Man’ to Offer Subsidized Broadway Tickets for New York City Students (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comRebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“The Music Man,” a musical revival featuring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, is one of the hottest tickets on Broadway.For students in the New York City area, the price of admission will finally be affordable.“The Music Man” producers Barry Diller, David Geffen and Kate Horton are making available 10,000 tickets priced at $20 to New York City students, their families and their teachers.Created and spearheaded by the Music Man’s Black Theatre Coalition fellow Amy Marie Haven, the effort hopes to make Broadway more accessible to the masses.
Reduced ticket prices were made possible through partnerships with the New York City Department of Education and a dozen local youth non-profits, including Artists Striving to End Poverty, Art Start, Arts For All, Arthur Miller Foundation, On Broadway Training Program, Young People’s Chorus of NYC, Education Through Music, Rosie’s Theatre Kids, R.Evolucion Latina and Broadway Bridges. “For me, ‘The Music Man’ is all about transformation,” Haven said in a statement. “Theatre totally transformed my life.
I was a displaced, low-income student that ultimately became an arts teacher/ nonprofit administrator because of accessible programming.
With ‘The Music Man’s’ Audience Development Initiative, we are hoping to plant the seed for further transformation — investing in and cultivating our next generation of citizens and storytellers.”Horton added, “As a long-term advocate of accessible ticketing and arts access schemes, I’m delighted to be launching our Audience Development Initiative, particularly given the struggles and difficulties faced by school communities over the past two years.
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